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French ship Majestueux (1781)

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History
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NameMajestueux
Namesake"Majestuous"
Ordered20 April 1780
BuilderToulon
Laid down5 July 1780
Launched17 November 1780
Commissioned4 February 1781
FateBroken up 1808
General characteristics
Class and typeTerrible class ship of the line
Displacement2500 tonnes
Length60.6 m (199 ft)
Beam16.2 m (53 ft)
Draught8.6 m (28 ft)
PropulsionSail
Armament110 guns
ArmourTimber

The Majestueux was a 110-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, of the Terrible class.

She was renamed Républicain in 1797. In 1807, she was decommissioned and used as a transport.

The ship was broken up in 1808.[1]

Citations

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  1. ^ Winfield & Roberts p.74

References

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  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. p. 293. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2017). French warships in the age of sail, 1626-1786: design, construction, careers and fates. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781473893511.